demographic2100
Projected share of population living in cities
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2100; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
40.8%
Median: 42.9%
Countries Covered
236
with available data
Highest
Gibraltar
100.0%
Lowest
Virgin Islands, British
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Gibraltar100.0%
2Holy See (Vatican City State)100.0%
3Monaco100.0%
4Singapore99.0%
5Macao97.8%
By Region
Asia67.7%(27 countries)
South America61.3%(7 countries)
Africa58.3%(9 countries)
Oceania50.8%(2 countries)
North America46.6%(4 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0%)High (100.0%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 40.8%)
Asia (27)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
Oceania (2)
North America (4)
Europe (32)
Other (155)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2100; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% |
| 2 | Holy See (Vatican City State) | 100.0% |
| 3 | Monaco | 100.0% |
| 4 | Singapore | 99.0% |
| 5 | Macao | 97.8% |
| 6 | Bahrain | 97.3% |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 94.4% |
| 8 | Egypt | 93.0% |
| 9 | Kuwait | 91.0% |
| 10 | Qatar | 87.7% |
| 11 | Israel | 85.7% |
| 12 | State of Palestine | 84.7% |
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea | 82.3% |
| 14 | Djibouti | 82.0% |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 81.9% |
| 16 | Jordan | 81.7% |
| 17 | Republic of the Congo | 80.9% |
| 18 | South Korea | 79.4% |
| 19 | Somalia | 77.7% |
| 20 | Cayman Islands | 77.6% |
| 21 | Mayotte | 76.2% |
| 22 | Iraq | 74.5% |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 74.4% |
| 24 | Taiwan, Province of China | 73.2% |
| 25 | Türkiye | 70.9% |
| 26 | Sao Tome and Principe | 70.5% |
| 27 | Gabon | 70.3% |
| 28 | Belarus | 69.1% |
| 29 | Colombia | 68.7% |
| 30 | Yemen | 68.2% |
| 31 | Uzbekistan | 67.6% |
| 32 | Burundi | 67.5% |
| 33 | Chile | 67.2% |
| 34 | Bangladesh | 67.0% |
| 35 | Japan | 65.7% |
| 36 | Angola | 65.6% |
| 37 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 65.3% |
| 38 | Pakistan | 65.1% |
| 39 | Bahamas | 65.0% |
| 40 | Venezuela | 64.7% |
| 41 | Afghanistan | 64.4% |
| 42 | Malta | 64.0% |
| 43 | Argentina | 63.6% |
| 44 | Oman | 63.2% |
| 45 | Malaysia | 63.1% |
| 46 | Peru | 62.6% |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 62.6% |
| 48 | North Korea | 62.5% |
| 49 | Cameroon | 61.6% |
| 50 | Nigeria | 61.0% |
| 51 | Iceland | 61.0% |
| 52 | Comoros | 60.9% |
| 53 | Bolivia | 60.7% |
| 54 | United Kingdom | 60.6% |
| 55 | South Africa | 60.2% |
| 56 | Ecuador | 59.8% |
| 57 | Tajikistan | 59.5% |
| 58 | French Guiana | 58.1% |
| 59 | New Caledonia | 58.0% |
| 60 | Syrian Arab Republic | 57.8% |
| 61 | Rwanda | 57.6% |
| 62 | Indonesia | 57.1% |
| 63 | Togo | 57.1% |
| 64 | Spain | 57.0% |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 56.7% |
| 66 | Greece | 56.5% |
| 67 | Western Sahara | 56.5% |
| 68 | Maldives | 56.4% |
| 69 | Mongolia | 56.2% |
| 70 | Morocco | 55.9% |
| 71 | Ghana | 55.5% |
| 72 | Brazil | 55.2% |
| 73 | Lebanon | 55.0% |
| 74 | Sudan | 54.9% |
| 75 | Australia | 54.7% |
| 76 | Republic of The Gambia | 54.5% |
| 77 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 54.3% |
| 78 | Benin | 53.7% |
| 79 | Canada | 53.6% |
| 80 | Russian Federation | 52.8% |
| 81 | Costa Rica | 52.8% |
| 82 | People's Republic of China | 52.7% |
| 83 | Armenia | 52.4% |
| 84 | Uruguay | 52.3% |
| 85 | Cyprus | 51.9% |
| 86 | Panama | 51.8% |
| 87 | Mexico | 51.8% |
| 88 | Senegal | 50.7% |
| 89 | Thailand | 50.2% |
| 90 | South Sudan | 49.5% |
| 91 | Albania | 49.4% |
| 92 | Ethiopia | 49.0% |
| 93 | Kiribati | 48.7% |
| 94 | Netherlands | 48.4% |
| 95 | Estonia | 48.0% |
| 96 | Kyrgyzstan | 47.7% |
| 97 | Vietnam | 47.4% |
| 98 | New Zealand | 46.8% |
| 99 | Cape Verde | 46.7% |
| 100 | Libya | 46.6% |
| 101 | Tonga | 46.4% |
| 102 | Zambia | 46.4% |
| 103 | Ukraine | 46.3% |
| 104 | Algeria | 45.8% |
| 105 | Tunisia | 45.6% |
| 106 | India | 45.2% |
| 107 | United Republic of Tanzania | 44.6% |
| 108 | Cuba | 44.5% |
| 109 | Mauritania | 44.4% |
| 110 | Mauritius | 44.3% |
| 111 | Philippines | 43.7% |
| 112 | Haiti | 43.7% |
| 113 | French Polynesia | 43.5% |
| 114 | Azerbaijan | 43.3% |
| 115 | Suriname | 43.2% |
| 116 | Eritrea | 43.1% |
| 117 | Myanmar | 43.1% |
| 118 | Barbados | 42.9% |
| 119 | Cote d'Ivoire | 42.8% |
| 120 | Liberia | 42.6% |
| 121 | United States of America | 42.4% |
| 122 | El Salvador | 42.2% |
| 123 | Latvia | 42.0% |
| 124 | Georgia | 41.4% |
| 125 | Jamaica | 41.3% |
| 126 | Turkmenistan | 41.2% |
| 127 | Trinidad and Tobago | 41.1% |
| 128 | Bulgaria | 40.8% |
| 129 | Portugal | 40.7% |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 40.2% |
| 131 | Nicaragua | 40.1% |
| 132 | Romania | 39.5% |
| 133 | Guinea | 39.1% |
| 134 | Sri Lanka | 39.0% |
| 135 | Reunion | 38.9% |
| 136 | Kenya | 38.9% |
| 137 | Guatemala | 38.5% |
| 138 | Sweden | 37.9% |
| 139 | Uganda | 37.4% |
| 140 | Honduras | 37.2% |
| 141 | Austria | 36.7% |
| 142 | Mozambique | 36.7% |
| 143 | Croatia | 36.7% |
| 144 | France | 35.5% |
| 145 | Serbia | 35.1% |
| 146 | Switzerland | 34.9% |
| 147 | Germany | 34.7% |
| 148 | Lithuania | 34.3% |
| 149 | Nepal | 34.1% |
| 150 | Paraguay | 34.0% |
| 151 | Italy | 33.8% |
| 152 | Chad | 33.1% |
| 153 | Ireland | 32.9% |
| 154 | Botswana | 32.5% |
| 155 | Guinea-Bissau | 32.4% |
| 156 | Luxembourg | 32.0% |
| 157 | Denmark | 31.7% |
| 158 | Malawi | 31.7% |
| 159 | Fiji | 31.5% |
| 160 | Mali | 31.4% |
| 161 | Norway | 31.3% |
| 162 | Brunei Darussalam | 31.2% |
| 163 | Namibia | 31.0% |
| 164 | Belgium | 30.8% |
| 165 | Poland | 30.6% |
| 166 | Cambodia | 30.5% |
| 167 | Finland | 30.4% |
| 168 | Montenegro | 30.0% |
| 169 | Central African Republic | 29.2% |
| 170 | Guyana | 28.6% |
| 171 | Burkina Faso | 28.1% |
| 172 | Vanuatu | 27.8% |
| 173 | Madagascar | 27.8% |
| 174 | Zimbabwe | 27.4% |
| 175 | Hungary | 27.3% |
| 176 | Niger | 26.5% |
| 177 | Papua New Guinea | 25.8% |
| 178 | Guam | 25.6% |
| 179 | Czech Republic | 25.5% |
| 180 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 24.8% |
| 181 | Samoa | 24.2% |
| 182 | Moldova, Republic of | 23.5% |
| 183 | Bhutan | 22.7% |
| 184 | Timor-Leste | 22.3% |
| 185 | Slovenia | 18.6% |
| 186 | Belize | 17.7% |
| 187 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.9% |
| 188 | Eswatini | 13.4% |
| 189 | Slovakia | 13.2% |
| 190 | Solomon Islands | 12.7% |
| 191 | Lesotho | 12.1% |
| 192 | Puerto Rico | 10.7% |
| 193 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 6.5% |
| 194 | Cook Islands | 0.0% |
| 195 | Dominica | 0.0% |
| 196 | Faroe Islands | 0.0% |
| 197 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0.0% |
| 198 | Greenland | 0.0% |
| 199 | Grenada | 0.0% |
| 200 | Guadeloupe | 0.0% |
| 201 | Liechtenstein | 0.0% |
| 202 | Martinique | 0.0% |
| 203 | Montserrat | 0.0% |
| 204 | Nauru | 0.0% |
| 205 | Curaçao | 0.0% |
| 206 | Aruba | 0.0% |
| 207 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% |
| 208 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.0% |
| 209 | Niue | 0.0% |
| 210 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0% |
| 211 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0% |
| 212 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% |
| 213 | Palau | 0.0% |
| 214 | Saint Barthélemy | 0.0% |
| 215 | Saint Helena | 0.0% |
| 216 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% |
| 217 | Anguilla | 0.0% |
| 218 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% |
| 219 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0% |
| 220 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0% |
| 221 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% |
| 222 | San Marino | 0.0% |
| 223 | Seychelles | 0.0% |
| 224 | Tokelau | 0.0% |
| 225 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% |
| 226 | Tuvalu | 0.0% |
| 227 | Guernsey | 0.0% |
| 228 | Jersey | 0.0% |
| 229 | Isle of Man | 0.0% |
| 230 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 0.0% |
| 231 | Wallis and Futuna | 0.0% |
| 232 | American Samoa | 0.0% |
| 233 | Andorra | 0.0% |
| 234 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% |
| 235 | Bermuda | 0.0% |
| 236 | Virgin Islands, British | 0.0% |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2100).
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